Today, building consensus in group life is often interpreted in voting-based decision making. As part of a group, people often tend to make decisions based on the views of the majority. Times of composure are often missed in the process of determining policies regarding someone's life and fate because the digital era requires people to make quick responses in considering what is good and right. The process of reaching mutual agreements seem to be scattered due to personal goals.

"D> S / D <S; Invisible Costs (Part 1) "by Forum Aktor Yogyakarta (FAY), describes that state of affairs. Inspired by the movie Twelve Angry Men, FAY cultivates the characters' personalities and struggles. The actors will offer their points of views and invite us into it, providing us space to rediscover composure, and to reflect on the decisions we have made.

About Forum Aktor Yogya Forum Aktor Yogyakarta (FAY) is a forum for actors in Yogyakarta, which is a place to review creative ideas amongst them. Established in 2011 and led by Verry Handayani, FAY has produced several performances, some of which are: Let Me Write Another Bad Poem for You" (Script by Andre Nur Latif, 2014), Three (Not) Virgins, Decorate the Realities of Life" (2015), "People's Market Bank" (2016), "Embroider My Lips!" (2017), "Identity Project" (2017). In 2016 and 2017, FAY became an organizing partner with Indonesia Dramatic Reading Festival (IDRF).

For over a year Vanessa van Houten has been working on a new body of work in her second book called Here*Now, a photography portrait series about inner beauty of Indonesians. In a time where many talk about diversity and difference, she was keen to examine what binds us together. In the book Here*Now 39 people are chosen: featuring Ananda Sukarlan, Kaka Slank, Ridho Slank, Ivanka Slank, Jay Subiyakto, Tri Handoko, Reti Ragil, Poppy Sovia, Rama Dauhan, Alexander Siregar, Sari Kusumaningrum, Triyaningsih and Ayla Dimitri.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

The city of Aden, Yemen is a natural harbor on the Red Sea. Securing a potable water supply has been an issue throughout the city’s long history. While they have been modified many times over the centuries, the water tanks in Aden have existed for at least 1500 years. This feature, known in Arabic as “al-saharaj” is an integral part of the city’s urban fabric and cultural heritage. Although the water from the tanks is not considered potable by modern standards, it is a potentially critical resource in a city with no natural supply of fresh water. Unfortunately, underdevelopment and chronic water shortages render the tanks the only water source in times of crisis. The water has been used in emergencies despite its poor quality. The pollution of the water is exacerbated by the deteriorated condition of the tanks and the mismanagement of the watershed area. Planning issues that adversely affect the historic fabric of the water cisterns have also negatively impacted water collection, public health and safety. Mismanagement of the water system has encouraged the spread of water borne disease and flooding. These flood events have destroyed property and resulted in the loss of human life. A condition assessment of the water collection system for the purposes of historic preservation was performed in 2007. The researcher discovered, however, that problems regarding al-saharaj’s historic integrity could not be separated from broader issues of water management. The preservation of historic fabric had to be addressed in conjunction with water management issues.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Honold Fine Art is pleased to present C, the fourth pop up show of HFA inUbud, Bali and the first solo exhibition with the gallery of Italian bornBali based artist Marco Cassani on view from 8–22 February 2018 at thebeautiful back wing of Tonyraka Art Gallery in Bali.

The title of the exhibition ‘C’ refers to the third letter in the Latinalphabet and introduces abbecedario, (Alphabet Book), a projectedmonograph, which will analyze Cassani’s artistic practice.

Besides Cassani, ‘C’ stands for column, currency, coin and credibility,four words tightly connected by the concept of the creation of value, ared thread in the practice of Cassani, as demonstrate the projectsIndisciplinato (Undisciplined) and The Alphabet of Money (Huruf Uang).

The exhibition presents an installation comprised of more than sixthousand foreign and Indonesian coins, stacked on top of each other toform five individual columns. Each column differs from the others inphysical aspects like height, weight and texture as well as the symbolicand economic value they represent.

Two individual columns forming the work Inseparable Two (Londo Blonyo)2015–2016, refer to the wages of workers, whom the artist encountered inYogyakarta. They consist of 1000 Indonesian Rp. 100 coins, with aneconomic value of Rp. 100.000 and of 1450 Indonesian Rp. 1.000 coins, withan economic value of Rp. 1.450.000 representing the daily and monthly wagefor a Javanese married couple of workers in Java, Indonesia respectively.

Fountain ‘Gunung Kawi’ (2017), Fountain ‘Monkey Forest’ (2017) andFountain ‘Negari’ (2018) all have a different origin. For two years theartist explored three fountains located in Balinese temples and in aBalinese coffee plantation, collecting the coins that tourists and localshad thrown into the water, while making a wish. Their economic values areunknown because many of the coins have corroded over time rendering thegetting to know their provenance and actual value impossible.

In the course of creating a visual epitome for the accumulation of money,the artist is actually destroying the coins’ initial monetary value. As anartwork, however, the object will be valued according to a new system ofreference; that of contemporary art. Marco Cassani’s work reflects on oureconomic system; in particular on the precarious state of inter humanagreement and the subtle distinction between trading and economy (thecreation of value), which is the very base of cultural production.

The exhibition is hosted by Tonyraka Art Gallery, one of the mostestablished commercial art galleries in Bali and will be open everydayfrom 9 AM to 5 PM.For further information please contact the gallery at info@honoldfineart.com